<b>Method for Evaluating the Level of Convenience of Public Transportation Networks in Regional Small and Middle Sized Cities</b>

Abstract

Hiroyuki SAKAKIBARA Yushi NAKAMURAThe object of this study is to develop a quantitative evaluation method of the convenience of public transportation networks in regional cities. In this paper, first, the theory of the quantitative evaluation method of the convenience of public transportation networks in regional cities is shown. Then, the findings concerning the way of public transportation actually used in the certain regional city obtained from the field survey in that city, and the development of the system for carrying out calculations of the convenience of transportation networks automatically are shown. Finally, the course of the development plan in the future is showed. Keywords: regional small and middle sized city, method for evaluating the level of convenience, transportation network, accessibility convenience of transportation networks automatically are shown. Finally, the course of the development plan in the future is showed.

A Collaborative Transit Signal Priority Method Considering Gaming among Traffic Participants

“…(1) Buses run on dedicated bus lanes (2) Buses move at a constant speed except when waiting in line and dwelling in station (3) Te acceleration and deceleration of buses are negligible (4) Communication delays are negligible (5) Te method provides TSP to at most one bus in each cycle on a frst come/frst serve basis (6) Te distribution of dwell time is well updated and maintained (7) All hardware are reliable 2.2. Variable Cycle Length Strategy.…”

“…Public transport with large passenger capacity is considered to be an efective way to alleviate trafc congestion [2], which has been vigorously promoted worldwide [3]. Limited by low speed and punctuality, bus competitiveness is difcult to improve in many cities [4,5]. Transit signal priority (TSP) is the most cost-efective way to increase bus speed [6,7].…”